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20th Century Costume Pattern Design This eBook contains material adapted from an online course. The course is designed to teach costume students basic flat patterning techniques. However, costume work does not occur in a vacuum and visitors will learn about these topics as well: Elements of costume history from the 20th Century. Basic principles of costume fitting fitting. How a typical costume shop operates. Techniques for computer pattern drafting. In order to learn the techniques thoroughly, it is essential for students to do as much “hands on” work as possible. With this in mind, each lesson is explained through text, animations, photographs, and diagrams. Students should follow the steps for each technique by printing the supplied 1/2 scale pattern. The ultimate goal is to apply these techniques to a full-scale garment, but it is easier to do the exercises with a 1/2 scale pattern.
21st Century Queer Fashion Brands The purpose of this project is to document the history of each brand using the oral history method. We conducted oral histories with 24 brands with questions ranging from their own personal histories to how and why they started the brand. We are interested in the lives of the individuals who founded the brands in addition to the entire story of each brand from idea development to today so that way these stories can be documented as an important part of fashion and retail history.
Adaptive Apparel Design This instructional text and designer resources have been prepared to support those learning about adaptive apparel design. The text is easy for students, scholars, and designers to use, and is organized around the apparel design process: research, sketching, developing a sample notebook, mood or inspiration board, pattern work, first sample, and the completed ensemble. Users can read from beginning to end or jump into resources related to their current phase of design.
Bio-Inspired Sensory Systems Using Natural Photo-, Mechano-, and Chemo-Sensory Systems for Design Inspiration
Business Communications for Fashion Welcome to your new Business Communications textbook! When you take a communications course in college, it’s all about preparing you for the real, everyday tasks of writing and speaking in your chosen profession rather than reading literature and writing essays. Ask any professional in your field, and they’ll set you straight on the enormous importance of practical communication in the work they do. In fact, they’ll assure you that you won’t get far without workplace communication skills enabling you to apply the technical skills you’re learning in your other courses. Trust those professionals—they know what they’re talking about. You may not fully appreciate it yet, but you really need this guide to help develop those vital communication skills now and in the years ahead as you grow professionally.
Collegiate Fashion and Activism: Black Women’s Styles on the College Campus From February 3 to April 17, 2020, Collegiate Fashion & Activism: Black Women’s Styles on the College Campus was mounted in Iowa State University’s Textiles and Clothing Museum. In this catalog, we document the entirety of the exhibition and the associated programming. In the catalog Introduction, we first provide an overview of the exhibition. We highlight the 15 Black women who contributed to the exhibition. Two videos are available for view including a short gallery walk through the exhibition and also a film including the Black women featured in the exhibition that was continuously playing in the gallery space. Installation process pictures are available to view and information about the curators are provided.
Communicating Fashion: Trend Research and Forecasting offers a holistic view of the interrelationships involved in trend research, including data collection, analysis and reporting, and forecasting what that direction means for design. The book’s primary focus is on the process of observing and collecting desk and field data to understand interrelationships among products, user experience, and contextual factors.
Construction Contracting, second edition: A Rights-Reversion Project 400+ page university-level introduction to construction contracting as it applies to typical, every-day situations. It explains “theoretical” ideas in terms of what really happens in practice, and emphasizes the more common case law holdings and industry customs that help avoid troublesome legal issues during the completion of a project.
Crossing Gender Boundaries This volume presents a collection of the most recent knowledge on the relationship between gender and fashion in historical and contemporary contexts. Through fourteen essays divided into three segments – how dress creates, disrupts and transcends gender – the chapters investigate gender issues through the lens of fashion.
Dress, Appearance, and Diversity in U.S. Society introduces topics about identity, dress, and the body. Through the content, readers explore how individuals and communities use dress as a way to communicate (i.e. “negotiate” in fashion studies) their various identities.
Enclothe Welcome to “ENCLOTHE,” your go-to resource for fashion show production, titled after your show. This textbook is designed to support you and provide resources as you navigate this exciting project. Throughout this textbook, we look at many sides of fashion show production, from conceptualization and planning to execution and post-event considerations. From the critical role of committees, budgeting, and venue selection to the nuances of aesthetics, branding, and the ever-important aspects of marketing and public relations, each Module offers insights and practical advice. This textbook should make the process more approachable and manageable to make space for and inspire creativity, innovation, and a deep appreciation for the work that goes into producing an unforgettable event. Each section provides a detailed exploration of key components, accompanied by real-world examples, case studies, and step-by-step guides. Even more exciting is the flexibility and fluidity of the textbook. Any resources you find you want or that you craft yourself can be included in this book for future shows. Each activity we complete will be eligible for inclusion in this expanding resource. It is a living document designed for change, much like fashion shows and our industry. Navigate using the top left dropdown or by clicking the left and right arrows at the bottom of your screen.
Fashion, History, Museums: Inventing the Display of Dress The last decade has seen the growing popularity and visibility of fashion as a cultural product, including its growing presence in museum exhibitions. This book explores the history of fashion curating and exhibitions, highlighting the continuity of past and present curatorial practices.
Fashion and Environmental Sustainability The wide range of topics that the book covers are organised into sections reflecting a cradle to grave view of how entrepreneurial, innovative, and tech-savvy approaches can advance environmental sustainability in the fashion sector. These sections include: sustainable materials; innovation in design, range planning and product development; sustainable innovations in fashion supply chains; sustainable innovations in fashion retail and marketing; sustainable alternatives for end-of-life and circular economy initiatives; and more sustainable alternative fashion business models. ; The wide range of topics that the book covers are organised into sections reflecting a cradle to grave view of how entrepreneurial, innovative, and tech-savvy approaches can advance environmental sustainability in the fashion sector. These sections include: sustainable materials; innovation in design, range planning and product development; sustainable innovations in fashion supply chains; sustainable innovations in fashion retail and marketing; sustainable alternatives for end-of-life and circular economy initiatives; and more sustainable alternative fashion business models.
Fashion Myths: A Cultural Critique This book is of special interest for researchers and students in the fields of Cultural Studies, Media Studies, Marketing, Advertising, Fashion, Cultural Critique, Philosophy, Sociology, Anthropology and Psychology, and for anyone interested in the ways in which fashion operates.
Fashion that Celebrates All Body Types... TED Talk
From Fashion to Food: Students Explore Waste and Sustainability from Local and Global Perspectives Waste. We know we have a problem with it. We are living in a society that values consumption; looking for the cheapest and most convenient products. The result of our disposable lifestyle is waste. In September 2022, students from Centennial College’s Community Development Work Program did a deep dive into the topic of waste. They began their Sustainable Community Development class with a challenge to not produce any waste for a week. Students started bringing their thermoses to school, their reusable shopping bags to the store, and their Tupperware to take out places. But in reflection we realized it was hard, almost impossible, to get to zero waste. While some waste is obvious—like coffee cups in garbage cans—other types of waste are harder to see. What remains of the cheap clothes we throw away? Where do broken cell phones end up? What happens to all those disposable medical masks? As a class we dug into these topics and produced a book exploring six different dimensions of waste: fashion, plastics in the ocean, e-waste, food waste, sewage, and medical waste. Small groups of students worked on each topic and came back together to teach each other about what they were learning. The class was made up of students from around the world, and so they researched the topic of waste in Canada, but also drew on their experiences to research the topics globally in countries like the Philippines, India, and China. Students also highlighted one article per topic that brought new perspectives to their research.
Introduction to Apparel Production Workbook Welcome to Introduction to Apparel Production. Whether you are part of the college class or learning on your own, you will gain important concepts and techniques in beginning apparel production. This workbook is to accompany the activities through in person teaching or online learning. There will be graphics and videos to help guide you through each step of this workbook. There are 6 learning units and a sewing projects unit in this workbook. The sewing projects unit contains 4 projects: tote bag, skirt, shirt and pants. The pattern numbers may change due to the availability of patterns. Unit I: Sewing Supplies and Terminology Unit II: Fabrics and Materials Used in Sewing Unit III: Pattern Envelope, Cutting and Marking Unit IV: Learning the Parts of the Sewing Machine and Serger Unit V: How to Thread JUKI DDL 8700 Sewing Machine Unit VI: Sewing Practice and Samples Unit VII: Sewing Projects
Introduction to Design Equity Introduction to Design Equity, an open access book for students and professionals, maps design processes and products against equity research to highlight the pitfalls and potentials of design as a tool for building social justice.
Queer Fashion and Style: Stories from the Heartland Queer Fashion & Style: Stories from the Heartland—An Exhibition Catalog analyzes the recent history of fashion through a queer lens by examining how queer identities are negotiated in everyday styles by women in the Midwest part of the United States from the late twentieth century to the present.
Teaching Apparel Production This text was written to provide students and teacher candidates with an introductory understanding of the skills associated with teaching apparel production. The book is broken into units and chapters that focus on essential skills for constructing garments and, more specifically, teaching others how to construct apparel and apparel-related products. Readers are invited to explore this text in any order, as it is not necessary to read each unit or chapter in sequence. Embedded within each chapter are key concepts related to the topic, pedagogical tips and tricks, a variety of resources, and references
Tutorials of Visual Graphic Communication Programs for Interior Design for the beginning level of both architecture and interior design students who learn computer graphic communication software. The author developed multiple tutorials to teach three computer graphic applications, AutoCAD, Revit, and Enscape.
Tutorials of Visual Graphic Communication Programs for Interior Design 2 This book is for advanced-level architecture and interior design students who have in-depth knowledge and skills with computer-aided visualization software. The author developed a total of twenty-two chapters to teach practical graphic presentation techniques for architectural presentations. Readers will learn these techniques by following step-by-step tutorials. This book includes multiple exercises for the reader's practice. After completing the tutorials, readers will be able to apply these techniques to their design projects.

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3 creative ways to fix fashion's waste problem What happens to the clothes we don't buy? You might think that last season's coats, trousers and turtlenecks end up being put to use, but most of it (nearly 13 million tons each year in the United States alone) ends up in landfills. Fashion has a waste problem, and Amit Kalra wants to fix it. He shares some creative ways the industry can evolve to be more conscientious about the environment -- and gain a competitive advantage at the same time.
Fashion and creativity Fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi spins through a dizzying array of inspirations -- from '50s pinups to a fleeting glimpse of a woman on the street who makes him shout "Stop the cab!" Inside this rambling talk are real clues to living a happy, creative life.
Fashion has a pollution problem -- can biology fix it? Natsai Audrey Chieza is a designer on a mission -- to reduce pollution in the fashion industry while creating amazing new things to wear. In her lab, she noticed that the bacteria Streptomyces coelicolor makes a striking red-purple pigment, and now she's using it to develop bold, color-fast fabric dye that cuts down on water waste and chemical runoff, compared with traditional dyes. And she isn't alone in using synthetic biology to redefine our material future; think -- "leather" made from mushrooms and superstrong yarn made from spider-silk protein. We're not going to build the future with fossil fuels, Chieza says. We're going to build it with biology.
Fashion that celebrates all body types -- boldly and unapologetically TED Talk: Fashion designers have the power to change culture -- and Becca McCharen-Tran is using her platform to expand the industry's narrow definition of beauty. Sharing highlights of her work, McCharen-Tran discusses the inspiration behind her norm-shattering designs and shows how she's celebrating beauty in all forms. "I want the consumer to know that it's not your body that needs to change -- it's the clothes," she says.
The function and fashion of eyeglasses TEDTalk: As host of the long-running podcast "Design Matters," Debbie Millman illuminates the creative processes of some of our era's most intriguing artists, designers and icons. She is the founder and chair of the Masters in Branding Program at the School of Visual Arts in NYC.
How companies predict fashion trends and kill individuality Apparently, popularity can be predicted and companies are buying it. Increasingly, fashion brands are relying on trend forecasting agencies in order to create the "next big thing." However, fashion buyer Mahir Can Işik says these predictions are putting creativity at the risk of irrelevance. (Currently, more than 12,000 brands get their predictions from the same agency.) Işik calls for a renaissance of self-expression and individuality in order to break free from the sterile suggestions of forecasters.
How data is driving the future of fashion The fashion industry is on the brink of a revolution. Today, designers have the latest trends at their fingertips with data gathered from Instagram feeds, runway shows and even changing rooms. But if the future of fashion design is dedicated to data, does that mean the death of true creativity? Fashion buyer Steve Brown argues for the opposite: that with more efficient production cycles, designers are free to focus on what they love.
How fashion helps us express who we are -- and what we stand for TED Talk: No one thinks twice about a woman wearing blue jeans in New York City -- but when Nobel laureate Malala wears them, it's a political act. Around the globe, individuality can be a crime, and clothing can be a form of protest. In a talk about the power of what we wear, Kaustav Dey examines how fashion gives us a nonverbal language of dissent and encourages us to embrace our authentic selves.
How the button changed fashion TED Talk: How the simple button changed the world, according to fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi.
Lessons from fashion's free culture Copyright law's grip on film, music and software barely touches the fashion industry ... and fashion benefits in both innovation and sales, says Johanna Blakley. In her talk, she talks about what all creative industries can learn from fashion's free culture.
What happens to the clothes we don't buy? You might think that last season's coats, trousers and turtlenecks end up being put to use, but most of it (nearly 13 million tons each year in the United States alone) ends up in landfills. Fashion has a waste pr "To be African is to be inspired by culture and to be filled with undying hope for the future," says designer and TED Fellow Walé Oyéjidé. With his label Ikiré Jones (you'll see their work in Marvel's "Black Panther"), he uses classic design to showcase the elegance and grace of often-marginalized groups, in beautifully cut clothing that tells a story.